Rack for holding gymnasium apparatus.



' A. J. THORNLEY. RACK FOR HOLDING GYMNASIUM APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 27, 1912.

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inaiTuD sTATEs PATENT oianron ALBERT J'. THORNLEY, OF PAWTUCKET, RHODEISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO NARRAGAN- SETT MACHINE COMPANY, 0F PAWTUCKET, RHODEISLAND, A CORPORATION OF RHODE IIISLAND.

RACK FOR HOLDING GYMNASIUM' APPARATUS.

i ,oeacen Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 3, 1913.

Application filed July 27, 1912. Serial No. 711,847.

To au whom @'25 may concern.'

Be it known that l, ALBERT J. THORNLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pawtucket, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Racks for HoldingGymnasium Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in racksfor holding gymnasium apparatus, and pertains more particularly to arack of this type that is used. for the support of dumb bells, lndianclubs, or any other gymnasium article having a head.

The object of the invention isV to provide a rack of the type set forthof simple, novel and economical construction, which has meansincorporated therein for effectively locking the apparatus in place, andin which a plurality of dumb-bells, Indian clubs or the like, are lockedin position by unitary locking means that are common to all.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a fragmentary front elevation of a rackconstructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is asection on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. F 3 is a fragmentary enlarged topplan view. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is asection on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6--6of Fig. 4.

rlhe rack is formed preferably of she-et metal, and may be made ofvario-us lengths governed by the number of pieces of gymnasium apparatuswhich are to be held or supported thereby. The rack is composed of a tophorizontal plate 1 that has its rear side turned downwardly at 2 inorde-r to allow of same being secured, by any suitable fastening means,to a wall or other support. Top 1 is formed with a plurality of spacedslots 3 that extend through the front side thereof, the material betweenthe slots being curved upwardly and outwardly at 4 to provide abutmentsthat engage the heads of the dumb-bells or the like to restrict outwardmovement thereof. At intervals throughout the plate 1 arms 7 thatoverlie same are pivotally connected at 5 to supports 6 carried by theplate 1. The arms 7 extend over the top plate 1 and at their outer endscarry a rod 8 which o-verlies the abutments 4 of plate 1 and coperateswith Jthe latter to prevent removal of the dumb bells or the like `whenthe parts occupy the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2. Each arm 7has `a tail 9 that is curved downwardly to extend through a slot 10provided therefor in plate 1. For the purpose of locking the articles`in the rack a lever 11 is rigidly mounted on a shaft 12 that isjournaled in bearings 13 carried by the plate 1, t-he shaft extendingthroughout the entire length of the rack. Lever 11 is provided with astop or abutment 14 which extends downwardly with relation to shaft 1,2and which is adapt-ed to engage the vertical rear side 2 of plate 1 asdepicted in dotted lines in Fig. 2, in order to restrict the downwardmovement of the locking member 11 when the latter is in unlockedposition. Locking lever 11 is formed with a slot 15 to receive the tail9 of arm 7 and is further formed with an opening 16 to receive theperforated lug 17 that is secured on the under face of plate 1 at itsfront. The perforation of lug 17 is located below lever 11 when Athelatter is in locked position to allow a padlock 18 to be received in theperforation of lug 17 and thereby prevent movement of lever 11 tounlocked position. When the parts are in the position shown in fulllilies in Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the tail 9 of arm7 will engage the front wall 19 formed by the slot 15 of lever 11 andthereby prevent raising of arm 7 and therewith rod S to the unlockedposition, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The locking lever 11 above described is employed in connection with butone of the arms 7 but each of the other arms 7 islocked by a lockingmember 20 slotted at 21 to receive the tails 9 of the other arms 7,which locking members 20 are rigidly secured by set screws 22 to shaft12 so as to partake of the movements thereof. The locking members 20 areidentical with the locking member 11, with the exception that they areshorter than the latter and the padlock and perforated lug is not usedtherewith.

To remove the articles from the rack, the locking lever 11 is moveddownwardly to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 carrying with itall of the locking members 20, thus releasing the rails 9 of all of thearms 7 from said locking members, whereupon the latter with the rod 8 islifted upwardly and backwardly until it rests against the wall, assho-wn in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thus rendering the full length of therack accessible for the purpose of` removing or replacing the articles.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent l. A rack for supporting dumb bells and the likeconsisting of a horizontal plate having its rear side turned downwardlyfor securement to a support, arms pivotally mounted on said plate abovethe same and having their free ends extending adjacent the front sidethereof, a rod carried by said free ends of the arms, said plate havingits front side slotted outwardly to extend adj acent said rod when thelatter is in normal position, a tail depending from the rear end of eacharm and extending down through a slot provided therefor in said plate, ashaft journaled below the plate and at the rear side of said plate, alocking lever secured to said shaft and having an opening to receive thetail of one of the arms, a perforated lug depending from the plate andpassing through an opening provided therefor in said lever, a padlock toengage through the perforation of the lug to lock the lever againstdownward movement and second locking members for the remainder of thearm tails rigid on the shaft and slotted to receive said last namedtails.

2. A rack for supporting dumb bells and the like consisting of a slottedplate, arms pivoted to the plate and having depending tails that projectdown through slots provided therefor in the plate, a rod carried by thearms to close the outer ends of the slots,

and means cooperating with the tails to lock the arms against movement.

3. A rack for supporting dumb bells and the like consisting of a slottedplate, arms pivoted to the plate and having depending tails that projectdown through slots provided therefor in the plate, a rod carried by thearms to close the outer ends of the slots, a shaft journaled beneath theplate, slotted locking elements rigidly connected to said shaft toreceive the tails in said slots thereof, and means to lock the shaftagainst rotary movement.

t. A rack for supporting dumb bells and the like including a member toreceive the dumb bells, means to prevent removal of the dumb bells fromsaid member, a series of projections in connection with said meansextending below the member, an element having pivotal movement and beingmounted longitudinally of said member beneath the latter to lock saidmeans against movement, said element having a series of devices thereonwhich are movable therewith to engage said projections, and means tolock the element against pivotal movement.

5. A rack for supporting dumb bells and the like, consisting of aslotted supporting member, pivoted means to close the slots of saidsupporting member having a plurality of projections which extend belowthe supporting member, pivoted means common to all of the projectionslocated beneath the supporting member and formed to receive each of saidprojections to lock the closing means against pivotal movement and meansto lock the pivoted means against movement.

G. A rack for support-ing dumb bells and the like consisting of asupporting member formed to receive the dumb bells, a pivoted member tohold the dumb bells locked having a series of depending elements whichproject below the supporting member, means to engage each of saiddepending elcments to hold the pivoted member against movement, andmeans to lock said means which engages the depending elements.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT J. THORNLE Y.

lilitnesses ADA E. HAGERTY, J. A. MILLER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

